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If you haven’t been following The Morning News Tournament of Books, now is the time to catch up. There’s been ample drama and the always insightful commentary from the booth. The finalists are set – Wolf Hall and The Lacuna – and the champion will be revealed on Monday.

"Sometimes I think I’ve lost my nerve a little bit. I think it’s growing older, and a certain reservoir of anger literally runs out." The Guardianinterviews James Wood, author and book critic at The New Yorker, about his craft, his forthcoming novel Upstate, and the landscape of today's literary criticism. Pair with: an essay about the greatness (and great influence) of Wood on a fellow novelist.

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Thanks for the reminder–I lost track of it this week. Andrew W.K. is now on my shit list for that lazy judgment. I’d be fine with either book advancing (though I’m a big Marlon James fan), but his reasons for going with Wolf Hall were silly, and I agree with the commentators: did he actually read the novels?

Recommended reading: Wil S. Hyltonprofiles Laura Hillenbrand and the effects of chronic fatigue syndrome on her writing in a piece for The New York Times Magazine, just in time for the release of the film adaptation of Unbroken.